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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:48 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
dazzleguts wrote:You wouldn't consider opening that chia deck to see if the courts are custom? :P

You sure get along with your bosses. Nice Hiroshige deck.

Looks like they are custom. I found this pic online. (You have to scroll to the bottom)

I have been lucky to work for some good guys. I don't know much about Hiroshige but I'll look it up.

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:10 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
Onward and upward. Getting to the end of the Thrift Shop and odds/ends.


Some old Aviators. Tucks are in poor condition but the cards are complete and in fair condition. An Aristocrat deck used in a Casino I've never heard of from the Dollar Tree. An old Streamline deck I don't know much about in fair condition. The last deck is from a defunct drug store chain called Drug Fair. (Seems there were two chains by this name. One in NJ, also defunct and one in the northern VA/Wash DC area that these were from) The cards are complete and in decent condition.

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A couple more Open Delta Airlines decks. Both are complete and in fair condition.

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A sealed Congress set I just picked up off Etsy.

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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:30 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
A couple decks I am showing in greater detail .....



You've come a long way baby! An open Virginia slims deck I grabbed from the thrift shop. The tuck is in fair condition and the cards are complete and in very good condition. Can't complain for 50 cents!

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One of my best thrift shop finds. A White Palekh deck from Russia. (Extra special thanks to Dazzleguts and iDoctor for the info they provided in the Worldwide Time Machine thread about this deck) The tuck is in fair condition and the cards are in good condition and complete (minus the jokers). The pictures do not do these justice and the plain tuck doesn't prepare you for the stunning cards it holds...

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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:22 am
by ecNate
That Russian deck is really cool. I've been meaning to add one or two to my collection for a while, but that's probably one of the best ones I've seen. I really like the background and variety of the number cards, reminds me a bit of the Russian Folk Art deck (ok so I sort of already have one), but in a cool retro way. Those courts are always awesome. Thrift store find? Wow, I check mine out pretty often, but usually best finds there are board games, sometimes card games. The decks are always boring and few. I suppose most people just don't think they are worth donating because in their minds they only cost a few bucks to begin with? Yet you keep finding them, so maybe the good ones just don't last in my area.

Anyhow, thanks for sharing. Some good ones in here!

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:48 am
by volantangel
Love the Virginia slims & the white palekh deck ! If you see another one pick one up for me XD

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:01 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
@Ecnate... I love the courts and the number cards, unlike many decks, are not just an afterthought but beautiful in their own right. The best 50 cents I ever spent. It took a week to get the grin off my face. I am lucky. The thrift stores here are the size of supermarkets and the one near my house is actually two in one and nearly the size of a Wal-Mart. On an interesting side note the charities that own the thrift stores near my house got a 99 year lease and the stuck up residents and homeowners associations have been trying to get them out for years. Here's to hoping they continue to fail.

@Volantangel... I would be glad to grab you a set my friend.

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:37 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
Weiter! Weiter! (Sorry for the German, listening to Rammstein while posting does that to me :oops: )

Anne Stokes decks. Among the first decks I started collecting. I'd like to get a set to open.
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Boardwalk Papers and Vaudeville
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Asura Red and Fantastique
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Blue and Red Crown
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:47 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
Since I just got these in I thought I'd share them in detail.


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Blue. Sorry about the fans. I find it impossible to hold the thing and get a good pic before I lose it.
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Green
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Black Ltd
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:07 am
by Eoghann
I love matte tucks, but they make it impossible to take the seals off cleanly, don't they? :lol:
Fantastic decks. :)

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:53 am
by volantangel
I think the blue empires have got to be my favourite out of the 3, haha wheres your red empire ? :lol: :lol:

I have been suspecting the mat under the decks to be a dota 2 mat, under valve, it must be right ? :lol: :lol:

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:32 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
@Eoghann... Good eye. Matte tucks do indeed make it near impossible to peel the seals. Still beautiful though.

@Volantangel... I am torn between the Blue and Black. Truth is they are all beautiful. The Red Empire will be featured later. (Thanks to a generous friend!) And that is indeed a DOTA 2 mouse pad. Since I don't own a close up pad I use this instead. I was wondering when someone would notice.

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:30 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
Next wave....


Verve Blue and Red
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Deckstarter(An Xmas gift from a great friend) and A Black Tiger (Red pips. UV500. Ohio print.)
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Kings Standard and Bicycle Steampunk
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Animal Kingdom and Guardians
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Charity: Water Blue and Yellow
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Deck One and Sentinels
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Love Me and Ace Fultons
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UC Deck and White Knuckle (also from a friend)
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:15 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
More you say? You got it!

Fulton's October V2 and Heraldry Blue
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Infinity and Brown Wynn's
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Brown and White Madison Rounders
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Monarchs. Red, White/Silver, Blue, White/Gold V1 and White/Gold V2
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Ignite and Fathom
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Artifice. Blue, Green, Purple and Tundra. All V2s as far as I know.
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:26 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
Next!

Black and White Artisans. When I purchased these it was, at the time, the most $$$ I had spent on a single card purchase. Those were the days....
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Black, White and Red Arcanes
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Black Ghost, Medallions and White Ghost
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Blue and Red LTD
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A trio of Gatorbacks. Green, Black and Red
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White Lions. Series A Blue, Series B Blue and Red. Split Spades.
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:31 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
Since these just came in I thought I'd add them right away.

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Please forgive the fans....
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Spades
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Diamonds
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Clubs
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And Hearts... No I wasn't drinking. Not sure how the pic got that crooked. :ugthink:
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Jokers and "date" cards
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:36 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
On to the Kickstarter and the most prized of my decks...


Aquila Boxed set (wish I could have gotten more of these)
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Viking set from Scott King
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Draconian (Hoping to get more of these)
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Global Unrest and Colonial Unrest (Just need a Civil Unrest set to complete the series)
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Dia De Los Muertos set (At the time the $100 I pledged was the highest amount I had pledged at that time)
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:18 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
A couple recent additions before gettibg back to the KS and Premium decks....


I picked up 2 sets of these at Wal-Mart yesterday. I would have gotten a few more but that was all they had. I was surprised as they hadn't had anything new in quite awhile.
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Sadly I could only manage two of these because they went on sale the day before I got paid. (Anyone with extras to trade please PM me)
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My Encarded collection starting with a first 100 Deco set. (I was hoping my Tendril sets would arrive before I added these but no luck.)
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Zenith and Standards
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Laser cut bundle
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Heretic Mercury class set
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Heretic Brick XI
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Seasons Seronda and Primavera V2 signed set
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Seasons First Edition Box Set
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Seasons Inverno and Verana with LE decks
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Signed Verana and coin
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:45 am
by volantangel
Those are absolutely lovely, especially the seasons, stunning encarded decks as well, do you have them all ?

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:20 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
volantangel wrote:Those are absolutely lovely, especially the seasons, stunning encarded decks as well, do you have them all ?

Thank you. I don't have the original Tendril and I am still waiting for the new Tendrils to come in. I also don't have a personalized Deco or First Printing Set either. As for Encarded the only thing I don't have is a Display box for the LE set.

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:58 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
Getting close to the end now.....


My Tendril decks arrived and needless to say I was blown away.
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Another recent arrival. Pictures cannot do these justice.
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The first two decks I ever saw from Lorenzo. To say I was blown away is to damn with faint praise.
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Another of my earliest sets.
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My only UUSI set... For now.
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These certainly do not need an introduction.... (Special thanks to the awesome friend who gave me these)
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The only prototype decks I own... but the are special beyond words
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Another set that needs no introduction (Thanks again to the awesome friend that gave me these)
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Like so many others pictures do not do these justice
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Original BBOC and Zen (Zen courtesy of the same awesome friend)
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Ornate White edition from the incomparable Mr. Butterfield (Looking for a branded set if anyone has a set to sell or trade)
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Obsidian Ornate pair and pack jackets
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Oracle LE Package and signed Calaveras from the equally incomparable Chris O. (I thought it very cool that I got the same numbered LE package, 601, as the one used for the Dead on Paper website)
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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:04 am
by volantangel
Very very nice decks ! Any white whale that you cant seem to get hold off ?

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:42 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
Thanks for the compliment buddy! The only deck that comes to mind is the Bicycle Porcelain deck and not because I can't find it but because the only ones on Ebay are way over priced. :(

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:00 pm
by nECr0MaNCeD
And now we come to the end my friends. I can safely say I have taken more pictures the last two months than the entire 47 years leading up to this endeavor.

I cannot thank you all enough for allowing me to share my modest collection and the kind comments along the way. It's not the largest collection by any measure but it is mine and I love every deck from the cheapest thrift shop deck to gems of my collection. I now pass the torch to another......

PS Special thanks to Mike not just for affording me this opportunity but for running this lovable looney bin.


So.... Last but certainly not least

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Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 7:16 am
by CBJ
nECr0MaNCeD wrote:And now we come to the end my friends. I can safely say I have taken more pictures the last two months than the entire 47 years leading up to this endeavor.

I cannot thank you all enough for allowing me to share my modest collection and the kind comments along the way. It's not the largest collection by any measure but it is mine and I love every deck from the cheapest thrift shop deck to gems of my collection. I now pass the torch to another......

PS Special thanks to Mike not just for affording me this opportunity but for running this lovable looney bin.

Thanks for sharing!!! We all enjoy having a look into other people's collections.
You have a great collection!

Jay

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 8:29 am
by Eoghann
Thanks Necro! It was great seeing your collection! :)

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 9:17 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
CBJ wrote:
nECr0MaNCeD wrote:And now we come to the end my friends. I can safely say I have taken more pictures the last two months than the entire 47 years leading up to this endeavor.

I cannot thank you all enough for allowing me to share my modest collection and the kind comments along the way. It's not the largest collection by any measure but it is mine and I love every deck from the cheapest thrift shop deck to gems of my collection. I now pass the torch to another......

PS Special thanks to Mike not just for affording me this opportunity but for running this lovable looney bin.

Thanks for sharing!!! We all enjoy having a look into other people's collections.
You have a great collection!

Jay

You are most welcome good sir. It really is amazing how many decks I have amassed in just my first year.


@Eoghann.... Thank you as well good sir!

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 10:05 am
by volantangel
It was quite a blast ! But these last two months flew by too quickly ! Who's next who's next !!!

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:25 pm
by dazzleguts
Thank you Necro, really enjoyed your postings. It's great having someone else around who mines the thrift stores for decks. I'm glad we don't live in the same community though ;)

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 12:18 am
by nECr0MaNCeD
dazzleguts wrote:Thank you Necro, really enjoyed your postings. It's great having someone else around who mines the thrift stores for decks. I'm glad we don't live in the same community though ;)

Thanks.... I think :ugdance: :ugdance: :ugdance: I feel the same. I would drive myself nuts trying to stay ahead of you! :ugthink:

Re: UC Featured Collector for March & April 2015 nECr0MaNCeD

Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 9:33 am
by Jock1971
Great Pictures of an excellent collection ... Thanks for sharing buddy.